The Jimmy H. C. Lin Archive

Dr. Jimmy H. C. Lin

Mrs. Anchen Lin, the wife of Dr. Jimmy H. C. Lin, donated a number of Professor Lin's papers and photographs, including invention certificates, letters, academic papers, and other materials documenting his life and career to the University of Maryland Archives. With the help of University Archivist Anne Turkos, the historic materials have been preserved and are kept at Hornbake Library on the University of Maryland College Park campus. The archive includes the following items, listed below.

Certificate—United States Patent 5,128,894 for the Multi-value Memory Cell Using Resonant Tunneling Diodes, July 7, 1992 [issued by the University of Maryland Office of Technology Liaison]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Certificate of Recognition to H.C. Lin for the creative development of technology, which was the subject of a NASA Tech Brief entitled “A Method for Polycrystalline Silicon Delineation Appplicable to a Double-Diffused Mos Transistor,” July 15, 1975

Certificate—Westinghouse Electric Corporation—certifying that Hung C. Lin was granted ten patents by the U.S. Patent Office on inventions assigned to Westinghouse, November 30, 1966

Photocopy of black and white photo of Dr. Lin with his book, Integrated Electronics, c. 1967

Document in Chinese, dated August 17, 2007

Copies of three color photographs of Dr. Lin near Glenn L. Martin Hall, next to the Salute to Excellence certificate from the State of Maryland, and next to his plaque in the Innovation Hall of Fame Skit—Jimmy’s Magical Chip, by Daniel Lin, presented December 1998 on Dr. Lin’s birthday

Article from a University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering publication— “Retirement Fund Supports an Innovative Gift: Professor Emeritus Jimmy Lin Fulfills Wish to ‘Give Back’.”

Copy of Westinghouse electronic design ad—“This molecular circuit used in the improved Minuteman” [ad has been laminated and mounted on a board]

Copy of Jimmy Lin’s autobiography, published in 2004 Christmas card of Dr. and Mrs. Lin (2000s)

Certificate for Dr. Lin from the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, with printed (not original) signatures of James Wiggins and Dr. Wernher von Braun (1970)

One-page biography of Dr. Lin and list of his publications

Who’s Who of American Inventors information form and several pieces of correspondence

Email correspondence with Mrs. Lin and former students of Dr. Lin (2 pgs)

Photocopy of program from the 1998 Outstanding Commitment Awards (UMD), at which Dr. Lin was honored